Don't Fall Behind: How to Learn Now What Is Needed Tomorrow?

The speed of inventing new technologies is continuously accelerating. The things that are considered state-of-the-art this year might already be obsolete the next year. In order to do our jobs, especially in our branch, we must be prepared for the future and we should know what lies ahead. During this presentation we will not focus on telling you why gaining knowledge is an important issue, since you probably are already aware of this, but we will show you what the effects of knowledge have on us as a human being, how we can learn things more efficient and how to share them with others. We will also dive into the deep pits called exams and why failing an exam might actually be more beneficial for you then passing it...

This is a joint talk of Joshua Thijssen and Stefan Koopmanschap

Transcript

1. Don’t fall behind, why learn now what is needed tomorrow 4developers conference 18 april 2012 - Poznań - Poland Stefan Koopmanschap & Joshua Thijssen woensdag 18 april 12
2. Who is Joshua Thijssen? Freelance consultant, developer and trainer @ NoxLogic / Techademy Development in PHP, Python, Perl, C, Java and some sysadmin Blog: http://adayinthelifeof.nl Email: jthijssen@noxlogic.nl Twitter: @jaytaph woensdag 18 april 12
3. Who is Stefan Koopmanschap? Freelance consultant, developer and trainer @ Ingewikkeld / Techademy Development in PHP, Symfony2 guru, community leader, open source advocate. Blog: http://leftontheweb.com Email: stefan@ingewikkeld.net Twitter: @skoop woensdag 18 april 12
4. WHY learn now what is needed tomorrow woensdag 18 april 12
5. expand your toolbox woensdag 18 april 12
6. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs woensdag 18 april 12
7. WHAT learn now what is needed tomorrow woensdag 18 april 12
8. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein woensdag 18 april 12
9. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein woensdag 18 april 12
10. “Specialization is for insects” - R. Heinlein woensdag 18 april 12
11. “Jack of all trades - Master of none” woensdag 18 april 12
12. Generalist Specialist woensdag 18 april 12
13. Generalist Specialist woensdag 18 april 12
14. Generalist Specialist woensdag 18 april 12
15. Generalist Specialist Polymath woensdag 18 april 12
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17. Polymath a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. woensdag 18 april 12
18. Polymath a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. Are you a polymath? (Leonardo da Vinci was) woensdag 18 april 12
19. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration? woensdag 18 april 12
20. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration? SplFileInfo woensdag 18 april 12
21. Are you a polymath? What does a DirectoryIterator return on each iteration? SplFileInfo an “expert” PHP programmer woensdag 18 april 12
22. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC? woensdag 18 april 12
23. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC? PHP core macro to support thread safety development woensdag 18 april 12
24. Are you a polymath? What is TSRMLS_CC? PHP core macro to support thread safety development A PHP core programmer woensdag 18 april 12
25. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM? woensdag 18 april 12
26. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM? vgcreate group /dev/sda1 woensdag 18 april 12
27. Are you a polymath? How do you create a new volume group within LVM? vgcreate group /dev/sda1 An “expert” sysadmin woensdag 18 april 12
28. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level? woensdag 18 april 12
29. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level? Repeatable_read woensdag 18 april 12
30. Are you a polymath? What is the default InnoDB isolation level? Repeatable_read An “expert” MySQL DBA woensdag 18 april 12
31. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites? woensdag 18 april 12
32. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites? 12.5 minutes woensdag 18 april 12
33. Are you a polymath? How long does it take for a full almanac transmission from GPS satellites? 12.5 minutes Advanced GPS knowledge woensdag 18 april 12
34. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula? woensdag 18 april 12
35. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula? Einstein field equations woensdag 18 april 12
36. Are you a polymath? What is the “common” name for this formula? Einstein field equations General relativity guru woensdag 18 april 12
37. Drupal? woensdag 18 april 12
38. Skills? woensdag 18 april 12
39. Get out of your comfort zone! woensdag 18 april 12
40. SPL Exceptions? It’s java! Symfony2? Rails - Spring - django woensdag 18 april 12
41. woensdag 18 april 12
42. K & R woensdag 18 april 12
43. K & R The C programming language woensdag 18 april 12
44. K & R The C programming language KNUTH woensdag 18 april 12
45. K & R The C programming language The art of computer programming KNUTH woensdag 18 april 12
46. woensdag 18 april 12
47. Junior Developer woensdag 18 april 12
48. Junior Developer Medior Developer woensdag 18 april 12
49. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer woensdag 18 april 12
50. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead woensdag 18 april 12
51. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager woensdag 18 april 12
52. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager Tech Lead woensdag 18 april 12
53. Junior Developer Medior Developer Senior Developer Team Lead Project Manager Tech Lead Architect woensdag 18 april 12
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55. Learning and discovering things without practical implementations can be a good thing! woensdag 18 april 12
56. Learning and discovering things without practical implementations can be a good thing! woensdag 18 april 12
57. HOW to learn what is needed tomorrow woensdag 18 april 12
58. conferences and usergroups woensdag 18 april 12
59. Open source development Pick a project - Fix bugs - Write documentation - Help others Create your own project - ask for help Look at other projects woensdag 18 april 12
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61. Gaining experience is part of learning woensdag 18 april 12
62. joind.in woensdag 18 april 12
63. joind.in android app woensdag 18 april 12
64. gowat.ch woensdag 18 april 12
65. iPhone development woensdag 18 april 12
66. Failing is part of learning woensdag 18 april 12
67. tools woensdag 18 april 12
68. Seinfeld calendar: http://seinfeldcalendar.com/ woensdag 18 april 12
69. Calendar about nothing: http://calendaraboutnothing.com/ woensdag 18 april 12
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71. Pragmatic Investment Plan Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timeboxed (SMART) Have a plan and you are half way there... woensdag 18 april 12
72. 80/20 woensdag 18 april 12
73. show off woensdag 18 april 12
74. Exams & certification woensdag 18 april 12
75. purpose woensdag 18 april 12
76. which? woensdag 18 april 12
77. PHP5.3 and Zend Framework woensdag 18 april 12
78. MySQL, LPI VCP, CCNA woensdag 18 april 12
79. Certifications Certifications is a trust-based system. Boss trusts certifier Certifier says: “you know stuff” Boss trusts you know stuff woensdag 18 april 12
80. Certifications Problem: (most) certification institutes are commercial. woensdag 18 april 12
81. Multiple choice Which function will count the number of elements in an array? A) howmuch($a); B) count($a); C) $a.count(); D) there is no function woensdag 18 april 12
82. Open questioning The _____ function will count the number of elements in an array. woensdag 18 april 12
83. Practical 1) Make sure user “josh” can login with SSH into your system. 2) Setup your network connections so it uses 1.2.3.4 as the primary DNS server. 3) Make sure the webserver is accessible from the 10.x.x.x network only. woensdag 18 april 12
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85. Github woensdag 18 april 12
86. Contribute woensdag 18 april 12
87. blog woensdag 18 april 12
88. Questions? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/163450213_18478d3aa6_d.jpg woensdag 18 april 12
89. “I learned how to survive (...), get real, and how to fail” woensdag 18 april 12
90. “I learned how to survive (...), get real, and how to fail” - Lady Gaga woensdag 18 april 12
91. Please rate our talk on joind.in: http://joind.in/6312 Find us on twitter: @techademy @skoop @jaytaph Find us by email: info@techademy.eu Find us for training: www.techademy.eu Thank you! woensdag 18 april 12